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NAFSCE is Reframing the Conversation around Family Engagement

The FrameWorks Institute conducted three years of research that provides clear recommendations on how to talk about family engagement so that people will understand it, value it, and support it. Learn more.

Archived Gatherings & Resources

NAFSCE holds monthly webinars and other meetings that are available to the general public. Following the program, registrants receive links to a video recording of the webinar as well as the presentation. View our Calendar for upcoming meeting dates.

NAFSCE members, please sign in to view the archived recordings and presentations, below.

Family Engagement through Family Resource Centers

Date: April 22, 2020

Moderator: Sherri Wilson, Director of Engagement and State Partnerships, NAFSCE

How Parent, Youth, And Community Organizing Is Combating The School-To-Prison Pipeline

Mark R. Warren, Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs, UMASS Boston
Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, Co-Founder and National Field Organizer, Racial Justice NOW! and Dignity in Schools Campaign
Jonathan Stith, Founding Member and National Coordinator, Alliance for Educational Justice

Ron Mirr, Senior Vice President of Learning Supports and Family and Community Engagement (FACE) at Scholastic
David Park, Executive Vice President of Communications and Strategy at Learning Heroes
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Leaders to Learn From: District-Wide Strategies for Building Capacity and Strengthening Family-School Partnerships.

Date: May 24, 2017
Presenters:Michele P. Brooks, M.Ed., Transformative Solutions in Education
Patricia Spradley, M.A., Chief of Parent and Community Engagement, Springfield Public Schools
Tracy Hill, Executive Director of the Office of Family and Community Engagement, Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Trise Moore, Director of Equity and Family Engagement, Federal Way Public Schools
D'Lisa Crain, Administrator, Washoe County School District's Department of Family-School Partnerships, Reno, NVView Event Details and Presentation

Toward Empowerment and Leadership: Increasing Capacity of Families with Children with DisabilitiesDate: April 26, 2017Presenters: Carmen Sánchez, Education Program Specialist, Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education.] Jenny Hutkowski, Director of Family and Youth Education at Starbridge, Rochester,
New York Susan Barlow,View Event Details and Presentation

Equity in Education: How States are Leading the WayDate: January 25, 2017Presenters: Lacy Wood, American Institute for Research Judy Carson, Connecticut Department of Education Chrishirella Warthen-Sutton, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Sarah Ogeto, Illinois
State Board of EducationView Event Details and Presentation

Engaging Black Families: Stories from the FieldDate: November 2, 2016Presenters: Vito Borrello, Executive Director, National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement Allyson Criner Brown, Associate Director, Teaching for Change George Moses, Executive
Director, North East Area Development/Children's Defense Fund Freedom School William Jeynes,Phd, Professor, California State University in Long Beach Sheila Jackson, Director of Family Engagement, Prince Georges County
Public SchoolsView Event Details and Presentation

Family Engagement from Research to Practice: The Impact of Family Engagement on African American Student Achievement.Date: 9/21/2016Presenters: William Jeynes, Anne Henderson, David Johns, Frank Gettridge, Carol Brunson-Day, Former Secretary of Education John B. King Jr.View Event Details and Presentation

Advancing Policy Meeting: Every Student Succeeds ActDate: 2/24/2016Presenters: Vito Borrello, Executive Director, National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement Anne Henderson, Board of Directors, National Association for Family, School and Community
Engagement Center for Parent Information and Resources at SPAN View

Securing our Future – Building an Effective Parent Engagement Program and the Critical Role of Latino Parents in Preparing their Young Children for SuccessDate: 2/25/2015Presenters: Sandra Gutierrez, Abriendo Puertas Alicia Torres and Selma Caal, Child Trends Ruth Yoon, Los Angeles Unified School District

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Success in Family Engagement through U.S. Department of Education’s Investments in Innovation (i3) InitiativeDate: 1/28/2015Presenters: Joanna Geller, Annenberg Institute for School Reform Aurelio Montemayor, Intercultural Development Research Association Momoko Hayakawa, Child-Parent Center Education Program Lynn
McDonald, Families and Schools Together (FAST)

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Raising a Reader and the Importance of Early LiteracyDate: 10/29/2014Presenters: Gabrielle Miller, Raising a Reader